INTRODUCTION: Between 800,000 and 1,000,000 Americans participate in international volunteer and service (IVS) programs annually. College students make up the largest percentage of those participating. There has been a recent trend in research trying to identify the impact of participating in IVS experiences. This study has been developed to address the current lack of literature in this area by administering online the International Volunteer Impact Survey (IVIS) created by Lough, McBride, and Sherradan (2009) to healthcare professionals that participated in IVD while in college. METHODS: The IVIS was distributed electronically to former participants of Hearts in Motion (HIM) volunteer trips via email and social media outlets. It remained open for 3 months and gathered 12 responses. RESULTS: Cronbach’s alpha was calculated to determine internal consistency within each subcategory of like scale group of questions and ranged from 0.62-0.95 with the only subcategory not meeting the minimum reliability threshold of 0.70 being ?global identity?. Using a Wilcoxon Two-Sample test, no statistically significant differences were found in subcategory responses between participants who responded that their profession was ?physical therapist? and those who responded ?other?. In comparison between participants who reported having participated in community service in the past 12 months and those who had not, the only subcategory that had a statistically different response was ?Previous Exposure or Diversity? with a Wilcoxon Two-Sample p-value of 0.0025. DISCUSSION: This survey found similarities within student volunteers and health care professional volunteers, indicating that a student can have similar experiences to health care professionals. This study serves as a pilot and jumping off point for the much needed research in professional behaviors in relationship to international volunteer experiences. CONCLUSION: Within the healthcare sector there is a void of research on this topic, which begs for more to be conducted on the impact of international volunteer and service to further communicate he benefits and importance of such work. While this study was not able to demonstrate the impact of international volunteer experiences it serves as a pilot study enhancing the need for further, more expansive studies with comparison groups and perhaps qualitative information.